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'''Malpighia emarginata''' is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Acerola is native to South America, southern Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Central America, but is now also being grown as far north as Texas and in subtropical areas of Asia, such as India.
==Uses== {{Uses|allergic rhinitisWounds}}, {{Uses|HerpesCuts}}, {{Other Uses|Fruit pulpSnakebites}}, {{Other Uses|JuiceCuring liver disorders}}, {{Other Uses|Source of Vitamin CSkin eruptions}}, {{Other Uses|Baby FoodBlotches}}, {{Other Uses|antioxidentPimples}}, {{Other UesUses|BonsaiDiarrhea}}, {{Other Uses|OrnamentalSore throats}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruitfruits}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Barbados Cherry}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa=== ===Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen ShrubHerb}}, {{Habit|Small tree}},
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|BisexualUnisexual|12-2cm dia4cm long|Yellow|5 pale to deep pink or red fringed petals|10 Stamens-20|6Flowers Season is June -10 glands on the calyxAugust}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupes|Bright Red|Dia 7–10 mm (0.39-128–0.4 in.18) long pome|mass 3-5 gclearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|pairs/groups of threeWith hooked hairs|triangular seeds|Juicy, very high in vitamin C and other nutrients}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Easily grown in a good soil and a sunny position<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references><ref name="intchemical composition">[https://bookswww.googlesciencedirect.co.incom/science/article/pii/booksS0378874112006393?id=ZVSh_u7KxQIC&source=gbs_navlinks_s&redir_esc=y Plants in Human Health and Nutrition Policyvia%3Dihub "sciencedirect"]</ref> <ref name="int2Leaf">[https://plantsweb.usdaarchive.govorg/coreweb/profile?symbol=MAGL6 "Malpighia glabra L. wild crapemyrtle"]<20131226161459/ref><ref name="uses">[http://www.scielowildflowers-guide.brcom/scielo39-agrimony.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782006000400037&lng=en&nrm=iso html "Wild fruits and pulps of frozen fruits: antioxidant activity, polyphenols and anthocyaninswayback machine"]</ref> <ref name="uses2How to plant/cultivate">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090424014336/http://horttropical.ifastheferns.ufl.edu/shrubsinfo/MALGLAAviewtropical.PDF php?id=Malpighia+emarginata "Malpighia glabraCultivation Details"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://gardenoracle.com/images/malpighia-emarginata.html garden oracle.com]* [ttp://www.madaboutberries.com/acerola.html How to Grow Acerola Cherries]*[https://enwww.wikipediapfaf.org/wikiuser/Malpighia_emarginata ''Plant.aspx?LatinName=Malpighia+emarginata Malpighia emarginata'' on Wikipediaplants for future]
[[Category:Herbs]]
